Comic Coverage has a great piece up called Sidekicks Roasting on an Open Fire, about the various torture devices utilized by Golden Age villains.
Lots of non-comic-related discussion lately about the Nice Guy and why he isn't; commentary found here and here and here and here. Now, I have been away from dating for 20+ years (the husband and I met in college, and I never looked back) but it is disenheartening to see this. I don't think it's unforgiveable for a guy to be friends with a girl he is attracted to--plenty of good relationships started out as platonic friendships (the husband and me, for one). But I don't think that happens if the platonic friendship wasn't genuine--if the guy doesn't actually like the girl as a person--in the first place. Relationships aren't like math, they rely on factors other than cause and effect--that's the kind of thinking that gets Reed Richards in trouble, you know. (Okay, Reed's not that kind of a dick (just kind of not so good on the human relations thing, but he seems to be emotionally honest), but even the Illuminati never pulled that sort of passive-agressive crap. You know why? Because it's too evil.)
Comics Should Be Good has a piece up all about Fred Hembeck. When I was a teen, I loved Fred Hembeck, got anything I could find that he'd done. There's really never been anyone else who's been able to do his brand of good-natured comic-book humor, and I kind of miss it.
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